John Milton, Paradise Lost: The Biblically Annotated Edition - Tapa dura

John Milton (1608-1674) was arguably one of the best-read persons of his epoch. For over 400 years, many literary critics have declared his monumental work, Paradise Lost, to be the greatest poem in the English language. Dr. Stallard contends that a full understanding of the Bible as the poem's primary inter-text is essential to appreciating the poem in its Puritan context. This Biblically annotated edition of Paradise Lost will be useful to all scholars and students of Milton alike. That a lack of familiarity with the Bible should discourage students of English literature from reading the pinnacle achievement of one of the finest poets and minds in the English language is both sad and avoidable. This edition makes Milton more accessible, comprehensible, and enjoyable for everyone.